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THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY. SEPT. 17.1908.
Rank Republican Hypocrisy.
If there was ever a set of men
aligned under a party political
banner that were honev-c®mbed
with hypocrisy they are utterlv
discounted by the present day
Republican party of North Caro
lina, which is borne of the past.
It is its direct heir and heredity
is true.
One of the hypocritical cries
of the Republican party of North
Carolina is its pretended concern
for the old Confederate soldiers,
when all of its slobbering senti
mentality is merely for the pur
pose of deceit and to try to catch
the votes of the veterans, "Will
it work?" is their only thought
but they might as well lay aside
any such foolish hope, for the
Confederate veterans are wise
and they see the wolf in sheep's
clothing.
What has the Republican party
eyer done for the Confederate
veterans anyway? Nothing, ab
solutely nothing, except to trail
at a very long distance behind
what the Democratic party put
into effect. The Republican
speakers tried to make the veter
ans believe they were not given
recognition on the State Demo
cratic ticket, but this falsehood
voula not work with two Con
federate veterans and a long
list of Sons of Confederate vet
erans on it. On the Republican
State ticket there is not one Con
federate veteran. The truth is
that they would not be on that
ticket if they could while the
ticket of the Republicans gives
the lie to all their hypocritical
pretenses and crocodile tears
about the Confederate veterans
and the plank in their platform
relative to the Confederate is
another piece of hypocrisy, an
exhibition of unadulterated gall.
The only desire of the- Repub
licans is to lead the Confederate
veterans astray, but it is a de
sire that will not be fulfilled,
for the Confederate veterans
know that they are part and par
cel of the Democratic party and
that they are in the house of
their friends. The Confederate
veterans do not know what de
sertion means, and they will
stand steadfast, and spit in scorn
upon those who try to bribe
them.
The Lexington Dispatch hits
the case off accurately when it
says:
"For ungrinning double-faced
ness commend us to the men
who write the Republican State
platform. In the plank about
the Confederate soldier this bid
is made for their yotes: We be
lieve that whenever practicable
they should be given the prefer
ence in matters of employment,
and all things being equal, they
should be honored with the em
oluments of office. Somebody
hold us. We suppose it wasn't
practicable and that all things
were not equal when these idola
trous worshippers of the good
gray soldiers turned down old
man Henry Reitzel, a one-legged
Confederate soldier, yet living
in Catawba county, when he hob
bled down to the capital city and
asked for the humble job of
doorkeeper, and gave it to Abe
Middleton a very black African,
yet living down east somewhere,
speaking in contempt of the very
white man who preferred him
above, a soldier, whenever he
mentions them at all. Great is
hypocrisy! It is an insult to
every Confederate veteran for
this Republican party to make its
fawning, hypocritical bid for
their votes. They didn't go
through fire and blood four years
for the sake of a principle, which
the Republican party denied and
called them traitors and rebels
for supporting, to desert their
people in the twilight of heroic
life, for the sake of a dollar prom
ised or a job offered by a crowd
that has ever despised the sold-
iers and swapped them ©if fo
mergers when it could." —News-
& Observer.
Dinner Pail not Full.
"It has been discovered thai
the Republican party does noi
necessarily fill the dinner pail. It
has been discovered by business
men in this country that the Re
publican party of this country is
not essential to prosperity. They
have seen during th-i time oi
good crops and with millions and
millions pouring into this Counti y
from the sale of our crops that it
was nevertheless possible for
th i Republican party to ha\e
one of those panics* which the
Democratic has been so un
fortunate to have fallen heir to
on more than one occasion. Out
in California a man said to me
that back in 1893, when Cle\e
land was President, when fifteen
banks failed it was called a
panic, but that in 1907, when
forty-three banks stopped pay
ment, they call it a holiday.
• With men out of employment
it will be difficult for employers
to persuade the idle workmen
ihat thev must vote the Republi
can ticket to have employment.
Business men have discovered
that so far as they are concerned
it may be possible to have hard
times while the Republican party
is in control. In the great states
of New York, Illinois, -Pennsyl
vania, Indiana and Ohio, thous
ands of our fellow-citizens who
are negroes find that the> are no
longer the beloved wards, of the
Republican party. In addition,
we find that the Republican party
is in a very unfortunate condi
tion locally in many of these
states.
PROUD OF UNITED PARTY.
"There is one thing more im
portant than all these conditions
important as I regard them, and
that is that the Democratic party
is once again united. We do not
hesitate to speak about it. We
know that in the years 1896 and
1900 a number of Democrats
struck Bryan because he was too
radical, and in 1904 a lot of them
threw a few bricks at me because
I was too conservative, but now
the Democratic party of this
country has at last come to the
conclusion that they have not
only succeeded in injuring their
own party, wiping it out of ex
istence in sortie of the northern
states but that they have injur
ed the public by permitting the
Republican party to fasten itself
upon the federal government,
but in a number of states in the
North.
"The Republican party has
been recklessly extravagant,
riotously extravagant. In New
York state when Governor Hill
was serving the last year of his
term the state spent $11,000,000
for its government, but now it
takes nearlv $30,000,000. -
Change of Voting Places
A petition by the County Board
of Elections for changes in vot
ing precincts of Bandy's and Ca
tawba townships. In Bandy's
township it is desired to make a
voting place at Johnson store
and one at Foard & Whisnant's
storet In Catawba township
the petitioners wish to change
the voting place in Shawnee pre
cinet to Monogram school build
ing and the name to be changed
to Monogram instead of Shaw
nee. —Catawba News.
Mr. Taft is to go on the stump.
Why? His managers have told
him that the West today is for
Bryan and will vote for him un
less the tide is turned. Sudden
ly the Republican papers, which
have been prating about it being
"undignified" for presidential
candidates to go about speaking
now think it is the very thing.
They say "me too" to everything
Bryan does, with reservations
that please the trusts.
Why the Subsidized News
Cannot Support Cox.
The following letter from
Sditor Hildebrand, of the Sub
udized News, gives to the public
he reasons why with Editor
ilildebrand in charge the Sub
sidized News cannot support J.
SI wood Cox for Governor:
Greensboro, N. C., July 22, 1908
Mr. C. A. Reynolds,
Winston, N. C.,
Dear Sir:—Upon my returr
here after spending Sunday ir
Asheville, I found a letter frcm
you suggesting the wisdom of
nominating J. Elwood Cox for
Governor. It is rare —in fact, it
has been only once or twice in
my hole life, I believe, that I
have allowed my personal feel
ings to enter into my newspaper
work. In this instance I have
found it to be mentally impossi
ble to lav aside my prejudice a
gainst J. Elwood Cox. If tither
you or any other stockholder
should insist upon the publican
of a letterurging his nomination
I suppose I woujd print it, but if
heed should be given to the advice
and he should be nominated,
somebody else would have to
write the
him.
When I came to Greensboro it
was not the understanding that
the duty of financing this busi
ness, which 1 found in horrible
shape, should devolve upon me.
I have however done a good part
of this work,thus relieving the
stockholders and directors. Short
ly after I came here I was told
that J. Elwood Cox would help
us as he has frequently promised
to do so. I made a trip to High
Point and he told me that he
would give us one hundred dollars
for stock. This was about the
tenth of December. He said if I
would draw on him on the 15th
he would honor the draft, that
if I could wait until the first of
the year he would appreciate it.
His relative, Snow, also promised
to help us out on the flirst of the
year. I went to High Point again
about the second or third of
January and was astonished, up
on walking into the bank owned
by Cox, to be told by him that he
did not have time to talk to me.
As he returned to his private of
fice I remarked I was not after
an audience but after a check,
but he made audiable reply. He
knew that if I got near him he
could not decently get around
keeping that promise so he inde
cently closed the door in my face,
and after cooling my heels oh the
outside of the bank for an hour
or so I caught the first train back
to Greensboro. Cox had broken
both his engagement and his pro
mise couched in terms as definite
as the English Language could
make it. When he broke that
promise, and I got my snubbing,
I was not working in my own
interest, but in the interest of
the only Republican daily paper
published in this State, and Ido
not mind in putting it black and
white that if Elwood Cox should
be nominated for Governor I
would vote for Kitchin, for,
whereas, I have always regarded
Kitchin as a good deal of an an
archist, I have always fouud him
to be a gentlemen in his relations
with his fellowman.
Cox told me he was not asking
any favors of the Republican
party, but he lied about that, be
cause he got his nephew appoint
ed postmaster of High Point
when every Republican in the
States knows that the office
should have gone to W. F. Ragan.
Cox got this appointment through
false pretenses. He led the Re
publican leaders to believe that
with his money he expected to
aid the party and this paper.
But whether or not he has in the
past asked favors of the party he
is hot after some favors right
now, and I propose to make it
my chief end in life to see that
he does not get them.
Very truly yonrs,
W. A. HILDERBRAND
I also got a frost from Snow.
Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905
KITCHEN WRINKLES.
A Few New Recipes For the Home
Cookbook.
Dainty Ribbon Sandwiches.—Cut the
crust from .a loaf of white and of
')rown bread, leaving them as near of
» size as possible. Cut three slices one
iialf inch thick from each loaf. Spread
with butter, peanut butter, Jelly or
'•ream cheese, according to the function
they are to be used for. Put the six
slices together in alternate layers and
press firmly. Trim the edges of the
cube evenly, then with a sharp knife
tut into slices about three-quarters of
an inch thick. These make pretty sand
wiches, which can be handled daintily.
To Make Peanut Butter,—Pound or
grind to a powder one cupful of shelled
and skinned peanuts, freshly roasted.
Rub into this half a cup of butter. Salt
to taste and work to a smooth paste toe
use. This makes delicious sandwiches
fdr plclncs or luncheons.
Real Irish Crumpets.—Take three
quarters of a cup of powdered sugar, a
tablespoonful of lard, four cups of
trumpet flour, an egg and a pint of
sweet milk.
Crumpet Flour.—Eight and three
quarter pounds of flour, two and a
quarter ounces of baking soda, three
quarter ounce cream of tartar and two
and a half ounces of baking powder.
Mix well. Crumpets should be baked
In iron rings placed on a pan.
Delicious Banana Toast.—Toast two
slices of bread, butter them, slice ba
nana lengthwise and fry in butter and
lay between toast. You will And this a
delicious dish for breakfast.
Queen of Puddings.—Put In a double
boiler one quart of milk and one-half
box of gelatin. When dissolved add
the yolks of four eggs well beaten.
Let it come to a boll or until it curdles,
then add the white of the eggs with
eight tablespoonfuls of sugar and one
teaspoonful of vanilla. Remove from
the stove Immediately and pour into'
an oblong paa rinsed in cold water.
Turn on to a platter and serve with
eream.
This should be made the day before
using and is a fine dish for Sunday
dinner. If made correctly the pudding
will be in two layers, custard and gela
tin, and is to be sliced as Ice cream.
A TRINITY BAG.
Useful Reoeptacie For Holding Odds
and Ends.
This pretty little bag is a very sim
ple affair to make and is useful for
containing the various odds and ends
In the way of cottons, etc., one must
always be provided with.
It is formed of wide chine ribbon,
about one and a half yards being re
quired for a small The size and
width, however, depend on one's taste
and fancy and the purpose for which
the reticule Is required.
To make it, fold over the two ends
evenly to form bags of equal length.
BA.G MADS OP CHINE BIBBON.
leaving the central portion to form the
third, which it will be noticed is rather
longer than the others.
Sew up the sides of the ribbon bag
thus formed, run a narrow ribbon cas
ing round all three, making a heading
for the two outer ones, and run two
ribbons through from each end and
finish off each with a bow or tie the
ends of the ribbon Into a bow.
Elevator In Cathedral? Shocking!
All London is laughing at the utter
ance of a young American girl that
any one who had false teeth would
soon lose them on a motor bus, and
then he wouldn't be going very fast.
It seems hard for the Britishers to take
the American point of view. The girl
In question is one of a large party of
young women sent abroad by an In
dianapolis newspaper. There was mer
riment over the apt bus criticism, but
the British bump of veneration received
a shock when another of the girls said
there should be an elevator to the top
of the dome of St. Paul's cathedral.
For an American, even an American
girl, to suggest an elevator in Wren's
monument was equal to deriding one
of their most cherished institutions.
Human Nature.
An old maid's love affairs of her
youth grow big in proportion to her
years. By the time she Is fifty she
thinks she was the most popular girl
In town and tries to make every other
one believe she was once beautiful and
attractive.
A woman wonders why her next door
neighbor does not punish her child for
putting his sticky fingers on her porch
chairs, while she will allow her own
child to Jump unmolested on her neigh
bor's flower beds.
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Edith Items.
Correspondent to the Democrat,
The scarcity of news is my on
y excuse for not writing of tener
i can only account for this scarci
y because of no postoffice. When
*e mat often at the office to get
•ur mail, anyone could hear of
he occurrances of the neighbor
lood and of everybody's move
nents. Now this is all done
iway with. You go perhaps a
nile to your mail box (as this
scribe does) and get your mail
without seeing a soul or learning
anything* and when you get
/our papers they are two or
chree days old. Whereas under
;he old system they were as new
is the news in Catawba or any
other town on the railroad.
Well, write about your crops.
#hy! Bless your soul if you do
ind tell the truth to the best of
your judgement. You can take
up almost any news paper that
las the prospects of the crops so
promising you'll think yourself
in awlful liar, or the other fel
low is. The farmer need say
nothing about his business the
the man who has no farm is do
ing all the work and its wonder
ful to hear the blow. The farm
ers crops are measured, weighed
md priced before its made or
harvested. If there was some
way to make the man who dam
ages the farmers business by
what he says to make him make
ap the difference between what
he has said and what the farm
ers will actually make this year,
there would be a worse Panic
than the Republican one we are
now having.
Well what about politics?
That's like the news scarce in
deed as the Rural people know,
as before said don't see each
other often enough to mention
the matter. Only at church do
tftey meet any more and people
don't talk politics when they
meet to worship the Lord on
Sunday. As to Sunday school
lines, religious worship we don't
concur with Judge Peebes opin
ions nor believe he is correct in
his constructions of the law, but
there is one thing that politic
ians had better investigate and
that is the use of our public
roads to automobiles. Every
body wants better roads. Some
want nicadam, but a majority of
the rural people wili never vote
to tax themselves to do either
until the automobiles are exclud
ed the use of the public roads or
made responsible for all damages
to stock and conveyance and
criminally guilty for life or per
sonal injury.
New the candidates to the
legislature that favor what the
farmers want had better express
himself as the rural voters will
vote for men who already have
promised the relief they ask
whether he be a Democrat or
Republican, They want to feel
when their wives or children are
out with team or carriage that
they are secure from death or
wreck by that which au-to-be-a
mule.
Rev. Price of the Catawba cir
cuit was assisted by Rev. Madlin
of the Roxspring cireuit in a
protracted meeting at Hopewell
church. The meeting closed last
Thursday with three added to the
membership of the church by
profession.
Rev. Price will assist Rev.
Cable of the Maiden circuit next
week at Pisgoh church,.
A. W. Drum and wife of
Downsville art visiting relatives
in Gastonia.
The Catawba Gold Co., are
working a large force of hands
at present rearanging their mills
for larger work.
The crops generally corn 3-4
cotton i and others as potatoes
and vegatables are on average.
This is a farmers opinion and
will be found about correct.
You Know,